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  • New guidance on vehicle data and the Data Act: challenges and opportunities

    The European Commission has published the first guidelines clarifying how the obligations of the Data Act apply to connected vehicles. The document provides guidance for manufacturers, providers and users on access to, and use and transmission of, the data generated by vehicles, paving the way to a new stage in automotive data governance and the structure of future business models based on digital mobility.

  • The Data Act and cloud switching: keys to the new rules on changing cloud service providers

    The new EU Data Regulation (Data Act) introduces an unprecedented regime to facilitate switching between cloud service providers. The aim: to eliminate the technical and contractual obstacles that have constrained many users. As from September 2025, portability will be a legally binding right with specific obligations for providers.

  • The Data Act and regulated access to data: the essentials

    We analyze the rights of users and the obligations of the data holders, as well as the necessary balances and limits, the potential risks and all that this implies for businesses.

  • The Data Act comes into play: keys to a regulatory patchwork that businesses cannot ignore

    The «Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data» (EU) 2023/2854 (“Data Act”) becomes applicable on September 12, 2025 and redefines data access, sharing, and portability in the EU.

  • European Union adopts new regulation to promote AI factories under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking

    Effective July 9, the European Union's new regulation seeks to strengthen its European supercomputing infrastructure, fostering innovation in artificial intelligence across public and private sectors. Moreover, it seeks to offers favorable access conditions for start-ups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

  • Is it possible to pay an employee’s salary in cryptocurrency?

    Post from Garrigues' Labor blog.

  • Chile: e-commerce regulations published to promote transparency in consumer information

    On September 23, 2021, Supreme Decree No. 6 of 2021 of the Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism was published in the Official Gazette approving the Electronic Commerce Regulation. The purpose of this regulation is to strengthen the transparency and quality of the information provided to consumers on e-commerce platforms in order to encourage informed decision-making, and thus strengthen consumers' right to free choice. 

  • Peru moves forward in fintech regulation: The SBS approved the Regulation of Innovative Models

    February 1, 2022 is the key date, when the new Regulation for the temporary performance of activities in innovative new models will come into force.  

  • Digital Services Act: The European Commission proposes a new regulatory framework for the Internet

    The European Commission has just published its proposal to regulate digital services in two texts which even it considers ambitious: the Proposal for a Regulation on Digital Markets (analyzed here) and the  Proposal on a Regulation for Digital Services (DSA) which we address below. In forthcoming articles, we will take a close look at the many changes that lie ahead. Today, by way of introduction, we provide a summary of the main obligations (and rights) contained in the Proposal for a Regulation on Digital Services.

  • Digital Markets Act: The European Commission proposes the creation of new rules aimed at large platforms

    Together with the proposal for a Digital Services Act (see here), the European Commission has proposed a new regulatory regime applicable to certain platforms that provide digital services (Digital Markets Act, or DMA). The approval of these rules will involve substantial changes in the business models of a number of companies and will have a significant impact on how competition plays out in digital markets.